... OLASUOW Tramway has announced the win ners of its billboard design competition. They are: Neil Chapman of St Andrews, Jill Henderson, David Shrigley from Leicester and the Big Panda Collective in Glasgow. An overall win ner will then receive prize money of £500 and go on to design a London billboard. IF YOU are unemployed, musi cal and aged 18 to 25 you could have a chance to join a creative ...

... ?ALAN HOWARD, who is cur rently appearing in Pygmalion at the Royal National Theatre, is to play Macbeth in Richard Eyre's production of Macbeth, opening at the Olivier on April 1. Anastasia Hille, who has toured the States in the National's pro duction ot Richard III, plays Lady Macbeth, with Robin Bailey, James Laurenson, Paul Moriarty, Nicola Redmond and Harry Towb in other roles. ?JOSE ...

... THURS, JAN 7 GARDENER'S DIARY Granada horticultural programme, regional only (2.45 pm) Production company: Heart of England. Presenter: John Ravenscroft. Producer: Sarah Merril. Executive producer: John Francis. ANGI.IA TONIGHT Anglia cur rent affairs programme, regional only (10.40 pm) Presenter: Shahnaz Pakravan. SHADOWING Scottish Television series, regional only (6.30 7.00 pm) Presenters: ...

... Tour News SUZY BOGGUSS, one of the fastest rising young stars in country music, does a five-date tour next month under the man agement of Asgard, with Robert Earl Keen as guest. Dates are at Dub lin Gaiety (19), Glasgow (Mitchell), Manchester (Royal Northern College of Music) and London (Queen Elizabeth Hall) on September 22, finish ing off on September 25 at Morecambe. CURRENTLY Ireland's top ...

... Invoice is a dirty word AT THE last Budget, the Chancellor of the Exchequer raised the VAT threshold (the amount which you have to earn before you are forced to register for VAT) to £37,000. Those already istered can ae-register ii their turnover falls below around £34,000. If you con sider commissions only, most agents will be around or below this figure, and will be able to avoid getting ...

... THE HIT American show Forever Plaid, still playing in New York, with nine other productions currently in North America, opens at the Apollo. Shaftesbury Avenue on September 28, produced by Laurie Mansfield and John Craig. Written, directed and chore ographed by Stuart Ross, this homage to the four-part harmony groups of the fifties, features an all-American cast of Stan Chandler, David Engel. ...

... I THURS, AUG 12 THE MATCHMAKER by Thornton Wilder. Festival, Chichester to October 12, in repertoire. Cast: Prunella Scales, Isla Blair, Frank Lazarus, Stephen Simms, Tam Williams, Michael Charlesworth, Caroline Davenport. Beth Goddard, Maxine Howe, Michael G.Jones, Charmian May. Nathan Osgood, Edward Phillips, John Rogan. Director: Patrick Mason. Designer: Joe Vanek. Choreography: Terry John ...

... SATELLITE UK GOLD TOP FIVE Millions Viewing 1 TOP OF THE POPS 0.24 2 TOP OF THE POPS 0.22 3 THE BILL 0.21 4 TOP OF THE POPS 0.19 4 TOP OF THE POPS 0.19 SKY 1 TOP FIVE 1 STAR TREK NXT GEN 1.03 2 SIMPSONS 0.89 3 STAR TREK NXT GEN 0 84 3 STAR TREK NXT GEN 0.82 5 STAR TREK NXT GEN 0.82 CHILDREN'S CHANNEL 1 DAVID THE GNOME 0.14 2 DAVID THE GNOME 0.11 3 CAPTAIN N 0.10 4 ONCE UPON/UFET1ME 0. 1 0 4 ...

... AN ANGRY fan of singing star Elaine Paige has accused the Piccadilly Theatre of missing out on sales for the performer's new show by fail- ing to keep its box office open at weekends. Hertfordshire woman Doreen Norman has made three expedi tions to the venue in order to buy scats for the production, Piaf. But each time she has turned up on Saturday the box office has boon closed and she has ...

... Tour News RICHARD STILGOE and Peter Skcllern's Upright and Grand tour, presented by Internat ional Artistes, is under way and is at the Marina, Lowcstoft on April 10, with dates following at Hunstanton (two nights), Crawley, Gravesend, Tunbridge Wells, North ampton, Lincoln, St Albans, High Wycombe, Croydon, Hayes, Bright on, Street, Clacton, Can terbury, Hull, Redhill, Southend, Poole, Mal- ...

... THURS, APRIL 8 A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM by William Shakespeare. Lilian Baylis, Sadler's Wells to April 17. Manage ment: Century Theatre. Cast: Robert Langdon Lloyd. Andrew Ballington, Roger Hyams, Colin Jarrett. Alison Johnston, Brian McGovern, Elizabeth McKechnie, Andrew Normington, Robert Oates, Andrew Rattenbury. Paula Stockbridge, Jeremy Swift. Joe Tucker. Director: Stephen Unwin. Designer ...

... ?THE 1993 Chicnester Festival Theatre season opens on May 5 with Getting Married, by Bernard Shaw, directed by Frank Hauser In the leading roles are Tony Britton. Dorothy Tutin, Christo pher Benjamin, Barbara Murray. Jane How, Serena Gordon and Moray Watson. ?LEONARDO, the new musical, based on the music, lyrics and original book written by Tommy Moeller, Greg Moeller, Russell Dunlop and Duke ...